Striker-plate.



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.APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1905.

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JOHN H. SHAW, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN,CONNECTICUT,

NECTICUT.

ASSIGNOR TO SARGENT 8a STRlKER-PLATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application iiled September 26.1905. Serial No. 280,210.

To (1,7/7 'll/'72,07% 7275 7171/147/ concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. SHAW, of the city and county of New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements inStriker-Plates, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXactdescription.

This invention relates to striker-plates for doors, and moreparticularly is adaptable for application to walls of marble, glass, &c.

The object of the invention is the production of a striker-plateadjustable to different thicknesses of the wall to which it is appliedand adapted to doors swinging inward or outward and to such othervarying conditionsy as arise in this class of work.

To this end the invention consists of the several improvements andcombinations of parts set forth and claimed hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichdFigure 1 represents a side elevation of a striker-plate embodying myinvention, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, front, top, and rear views, respectively,of the same; Figs. 5 and 6, top and rear views, respectively, of thestrikerplate adjusted to a thicker wall; Figs. 7 and S, top and rearviews, respectively, of the striker-plate adjusted to a thicker wall andadapted for use with a door hinged on the opposite edge Fig. 9, avertical section on line 9 9 of Fig. 6; Fig. 10, a rear view of one ofthe adjustable fastening-plates with the side latch-guard reversed; Fig.11, a detail view of the side latch-guard; Fig. 12, a top view of thestriker-plate adapted for use on a door swinging outward; Figs. 13 and14, front and top views, respectively, of a modified form ofstriker-plate, and Fig. 15 a detail vertical section of the sleeve ofthe fastening-screw. The fastening-screws are omitted in Figs. 4, 6, 8,and 9.

In all figures similar letters of reference represent like parts.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description, the partsdesignated by the letters A and B represent two fasteningplates, whichare shown L-shaped in crosssection, and C the front or striker plate,which is provided at one side with a flange I), to which a cushion E ofrubber or other suitable material, is adapted to be secured by screws For other suitable means. The front plate C is provided withprolongations G and II at the top and bottom, which are turned over ordoubled on the front plate C to form at its rear a groove in which theportions I and J of the fastening-plates A and B may slide. In theprolongations G and H are screw-holes K, and corresponding screwholes Mare shown in the flanged portions I and J of the plates A and B. Anoblong slot N may be provided in the center of the front plate to form afront latch-guard for the latch of the door. The iianged portions I andJ of the fastening-plates may be cut away, as shown at R, so that whenthe edges of the A CORPORATION OF CON- i anges I and J abut against eachother there will be formed an opening in the rear of the latch-guard N.(See Fig. 4.)

O -designates a side latch-guard for use asa keeper for a lifting-latch,which may be formed, as shown, of a U-shaped piece of metal adapted tobe secured to the side of one of the fastening-plates A by screws I orother suitable means, Figs. 9 and 10. A stud Q is shown, Figs. 9 and 11, projecting laterally from the inner side of the guard O, which mayenter a perforation in the plate A. Cylinders S, internallyscrew-threaded, Fig. 15, are adapted to fit between thevfastening-plates A and B and be engaged by screws T, proj ecting throughthe plates.

The application of the striker-plate to the wall is accomplished asfollows: The front plate or striker-plate proper, C, is placed on theedge of the Wall toward the door, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1,and the inner face of the cushion E is adapted to be in alinement withthe outside trim of the marble wall. is secured to the front plate C bymeans of screws U, and the other fastening-plate, as A, is forced towardthe plate B until it bears against the opposite side of the marble wall.The cylinders S having been placed in holes drilled in the wall thescrews T are screwed home to hold the fastening-plates and thestriker-plate in place. The plate, such as A, which is not screwed tothe strikerplate, may be adjusted to any size of wall, as shown moreparticularly in Figs. 3-6. In Figs. 3 and 4 the fastening-plates areshown adjusted to a narrow wall, while in Figs. 5 and 6 the plate A isfarther removed from the plate B, so that the plates are adjusted for awall considerably thicker than that for which the plates are shownadjusted in Figs. 3 and One of the fastening-plates, as B,

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4. Either plate A or B may be secured to the striker-plate and the otheract as the adjustable plate. Figs. 7 and 8 show the plate A secured tothe striker-plate by screws V, while the plate B is slidable on thestrikerplate.

When it is desired to use the side latchguard O on a door swinging inthe opposite direction from that for which it is shown adjusted in Figs.1-6, it is only necessary to loosen the screws P and turn thelatch-guard O on the stud Q to extend in the opposite direction, asshown in Figs. 7, 8, 10, and 11. In case the door swings on the outsideof the wall instead of on the inside l plates A and B are reversed, sothat the fastening-plate A, which carries the latch-guard O, will be onthe same side of the striker-plate C, as the cushion E, Fig. 12.

It will be seen from the abovejdescription that the striker-plate .isadjustable to walls of different thicknesses, to right and left handdoors, and to doors swinging inward or outward, and is thus adaptable toall the Varying conditions arising in the mounting of doors of thischaracter.

In the modifications suggested in Figs. 13 and 14 a side latch-guard isprovided which is connected with the striker-plate C itself instead ofwith one of the fastening-plates. The side of the striker-plate oppositethe cushion E is prolonged, as shown at IV, and in this prolongation isan oblong slot X, adapted for the reception of the latch.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is*

1. In a striker-plate, or similar article, the combination with a frontplate of a plurality the fasteningof separate fastening-platesadjustable on said front plate and means for securing saidfastening-plates to the wall or other article, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a striker-plate, or similar article, the combination with a frontplate g ol a plurality of separate fastening-plates adjustable inconnection with said front plate and means for securing one of saidfastening-plates to said front plate and said fastening-plates to thewall, or other article, substantially as described.

3. In a striker-plate, or similar article, the combination with a frontplate; of a plurality of L-shaped fastening-plates having flangesadapted to slide on said front plate and means for securing said flangesto said front plate and said fastening-plates to the wall or otherarticle, substantially as described.

4.. In a striker-plate, or similar article, the combination with afrontplate; of afasteningplate adjustable thereon; a reversiblelatchguard pivotally mounted on said fasteningplate; and means'forholding said latch-guard in either one of two positions, substantiallyas described.

5. In a striker-plate, or similar article, the combination with a frontplate of a fasteningplate adapted to be applied to either side of saidfront plate; and a latch-guard secured to said fastening plate,substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the 23d day ofSeptember, 1905.

L. J. Kram-IAM, A. A. WILsoN.

